10.28.2009

Fojol Bros. of Merlindia - Insights from Guest Blogger LB!

[Note: I know, more food from trucks? Even though I don't work downtown, I don't want to keep you all from being informed about your options on wheels here in the District. Below, the fabulous and generous LB guest blogged her recent food truck experience. Thanks, LB!!!! And thanks to Fojol Bros. Twitter Page for the picture.]

If you're anything like me, then deciding what to eat for lunch is the most difficult decision of your day. No later than 12:01 p.m., M-F, the emails start filling up your Outlook inbox, asking about your lunch thoughts, or, if the time is getting late, offering up a hunger-themed haiku (or does that just happen at my office?).

Then the negotiations commence: "Not again--we just ate there last week!"; "The weather isn't cold enough yet for soup"; "I am so sick of sandwiches." ; "That place is too far to walk in this rain." "I am not paying 9 dollars for another crappy salad!"

Today's decision was made remarkably easy by the arrival of the Fojol Bros. of Merlindia, a self-described "Traveling Culinary Carnival." That description is fairly accurate, if your impression of a carnival involves being served curry from costumed, mustached men in a food truck while your body involuntarily moves to the catchy music blaring from the speakers.

They have three size options: a "dingo" (one pick--$2), a "meal" (two picks--$6) or a "feast" (three picks--$9). You make your picks from a rotating selection of offerings, and each includes basmati rice. Today's meat options were curry chicken and chicken masala, and the vegetarian options were lentils and chickpeas. I opted for an all-veggie meal of lentils and chickpeas, and one of the Fojol brothers said my mother would be proud.

I'm no expert on Indian food, but I did spend three months in London, which makes me sufficiently credentialed. The chickpeas were my favorite--great texture and flavor. The lentils were a little mushy, but once I mixed them into the rice, I didn't notice the mushiness anymore. However, I do like my Indian food spicy, and this meal was on the mild side--it could have used more heat. I also missed naan, but I guess that's too hard to prepare from a truck. Overall, though, it was a solid meal--one option I'll definitely suggest again, when next Tuesday's lunch negotiations begin.

2 comments:

Thanks to your fantastic blog, I started following Fojol Bros. on twitter and took two of my coworkers with me to eat there today! I ate a delicious curry chicken with eggplant and we were all very happy with our dishes. Can't go wrong for such a hearty $6 meal, but now I need a nap and it's only 1:20 in the afternoon.

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We lived, ate, and blogged around the DC area as iEatDC for three and a half years. Now we've moved, but the eating will. not. stop. Ever. We're looking forward to exploring locally and beyond, and we'll continue to share the only subject we know pretty well: what we like.